Rifle magazine



June 25, 1940. c WISE 2,205,967

RIFLE MAGAZINE Filed March 1, 1939 1 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented June 25,1940 ri ers ores 6 Claims.

This invention relates to rifle magazines and more particularly to anauxiliary ammunition magazine, and has for the primary object theprovision of a device of this character which may be readily adapted toa rifle now in use for materially increasing the ammunition storage ca--oacity of the mm and which may be easily and mickly'applied and removedfrom the rifle and when applied will feed the ammunition through therifle magazine as the rifle is fired, thereby lbviating any changes oralterations in the con- =truction of the rifle and when removed from theins may be easily reloaded with ammunition and i'onveniently carrieduntil such time it is again ipplied to the rifle.

Another object of this invention is the proision of means-for retainingthe ammunition n the auxiliary magazine and which will autonaticallyrelease the ammunition for movement etc the rifle magazine on theapplication of the auxiliary magazine to the rifle.

With these and other objects in view, this inention consists in certainnovel features of contruction, combination and arrangement of parts o behereinafter more fully described and laimed.

For a complete understanding of my invenion, reference is to be had tothe following decription and accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 isa fragmentary vertical sectional iew illustrating a rifle with anauxiliary magaine applied thereto and constructed in accord- .nce withmy invention.

Figure 2 is a side elevation illustrating the aux- ;iary magazine.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the line -55 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a top plan view illustrating the auxiary magazine.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the nu- .eral 5 indicates afragmentary portion of a ifle now in use and which has built therein amagazine 2 for the accommodation of a limited umber of cartridges. Themagazine normally closed by a removable plate (not shown). he removableplate is held in position upon the fie by a spring catch 3 engaging witha keeper the construction disclosed at G of my invenon. One end of theplate is shouldered to enage with a flange 5 of the rifle cooperatingwith re catch 3 and keeper for retaining the plate in osition. A rifleof the character described may 11y be fired a few times under oneloading due the limited number of cartridges that may be :commodated inthe magazine 2. In order that the rifle may be fired a great number oftimes under one loading, I adapt to the rifle without altering theconstruction thereof my invention which consists of an auxiliarymagazine The auxiliary magazine 6 consists of a casing i open 5 at eachend and has one end normally closed by a removable cover 8 forming aseat for a spring pressed follower 9 while the other end of the casingprovides a discharge throat it. The end of the casing 7 having thedischarge throat 10 Ill is provided with a flange H adapted to abut theforearm of the rifle with the discharge throat ill projecting a limiteddistance into the magazine 2 of the rifle. The flange H carries thekeeper 4 and also a shoulder 12 adapted to en- 15 gage the flange 5 ofthe magazine 2 while the keeper 4 is engaged by the spring pressed catch3. The keeper 4 has a tapered opening I 3 therethrough, as shown inFigure l, for the purpose of receiving a bullet of a cartridge to permitthe bullet to be manually pressed against the catch to disengage thelatter from the keeper and thereby free the auxiliary magazine from therifle magazine. After the release of the catch 3 from the keeper 4, thecasing 7 may be moved as endwise relative to the rifle for a limiteddistance suflicient to disengage the shoulder H; from the flange 5 andthereby bring about a complete detachment of the auxiliary magazine fromthe rifle. The cartridges are placed in the casing l in rows with thecartridges of each row arranged in superimposed relation and also withthe car'- tridges of one row disposed in a plane slightly above thecartridges of the other row, as clearly shown in Figure 3. The placingof the cartridges in the casing forces the follower 9 in the directionof the removable cover 8 depressing the spring of the follower. Afterthe filling of the casing I with cartridges, the uppermost cartridge orthe cartridge adjacent the discharge throat ill is engaged by a springcatch I l to prevent the follower from pushing the cartridges out of thecasing when the latter is detached from the gun. The auxiliary magazinemay be conveniently carried within the pocket of a garment or ifdesired, maybe suspended to an ammunition belt by employing the loopelement IE on. the cover 8 to connect with a hook or similar elementupon the cartridge belt. The spring catch M is in the form of aresilient plate I6 having an angularly disposed portion IT. Theresilient plate it? is suitably secured to one of the walls of thecasing 'l with the end portion H partially traversing the dischargethroat I of said casing. A spring member I8 is mounted to the flange l lof the casing l and extends between one wall of the casing and theresilient plate It and has an angularly disposed end 19 operatingthrough an opening in the flange. A lug 20 is carried by the springmember l8 and normally extends into an opening 2i formed in the endportion I! or the catch Hi to secure the plate l6 of said catch Magainst flexation and for retaining the end portion I! in a position toengage with the uppermost cartridge in said casing. The application ofthe auxiliary magazine to the rifle will bring about a flexing of thespring member 18 by the end I 9 engaging with the forearm of the rifle.

This flexing of the spring member [8 moves the projection 20 out of theopening 2|, freeing the plate It for flexation. The follower 9 hassufiicient strength to cause a flexation of the plate 16 and at the sametime to feed the cartridges into the magazine 2 of the rifle.

Thus it will be seen that my invention provides to a rifle now in use anadditional supply of ammunition over that which would be accommodated inthe magazine of the rifle and that my invention can be easily andquickly applied and removed from the rifle and when removed may beeasily filled with ammunition, the ammunition being retained in theauxiliary magazine until such time that said auxiliary magazine isapplied to the rifle, consequently permitting the auxiliary magazine tobe conveniently carr ed on a person or that any number of auxiliarymagazines may be carried loaded with ammunition by the person andreadily adapted to the rifle as needed.

The auxiliary magazine while still applied to the rifle may be reloadedby passing cartridges into the rifle or the magazine thereof as usualand forcing said cartridges into the auxiliary magazine. It is to beunderstood that the form of my invention, herewith shown and described,is to be taken as a preferred example of the same, :and that variouschanfges in the size, shape and arrangement of parts may be resorted towithout departing from the spirit of my invention or the scope of theappended claims.

Having described the invention, I claim:

1. In an ammunition magazine, a casing having a discharge throat toextend into the magazine chamber of a gun for a limited distance, meansfor detachably connecting the casing to the gun, a spring actuatedfollower in said casing for expelling ammunition therefrom, an inherently resilient catch for retaining the ammunition in the casing duringthe non-application of the casing to the gun, an inherently resilientspring member secured to the casing and having an angula'rly disposedend normally projecting beyond the discharge throat of the casing to emgage with the gun on the application of the casing to said gun forflexing said spring member, and a lug carried by the spring member andnormally engaging the catch to secure said catch in position forpreventing discharge of ammunition from the casing and adapted to freethe catch for the discharge of ammunition by flexing the said springmember on the application of the casing to the gun,

2 an ammunition magazine the combina-' tion of a casing having adischarge throat, an inherently resilient member secured to the saidcasing, and an inherently resilient catch having a portion adapted toengage the resilient member to normally hold the same in a position toretain cartridges in the said casing and a portion adapted to engage aportion of a gun and to flex the catch in a manner to automaticallyrelease the resilient member.

3. In an ammunition magazine the combination of a casing having adischarge throat, a peripheral rim encircling the said discharge throat,an inherently resilient member secured to the said casing, and normallydisposed in unobstructing relation to the discharge throat but having aportion movable over the said discharge throat to obturate the same, andan inherently resilient catch carried by the said peripheral rim andhaving a portion engaging the said resilient member to hold the same inobturating relation with the discharge throat.

l. In an ammunition magazine the combination of a casing having adischarge throat, a peripheral rim encircling the said discharge throat,an inherently resilient member secured to the said casing and normallydisposed in unobstructing relation to the discharge throat-but having aportion movable over the said discharge throat to obturate the same, andan inherently resilient catch carried by the said peripheral rim andhaving a portion extending thereabove and a portion engaging the saidresilient member to normally hold the same in obturating relation withthe discharge throat, said first mentioned portion of the catch adaptedto flex the catch and to engage with the breech of a gun toautomatically release the said resilient member when the said magazineis inserted within said breech.

5. In an ammunition magazine a casing havin a discharge throat, aperipheral flange en.- circling the said discharge throat, a leaf springhaving one end secured to the casing and with the free end positioned toobturate the discharge throat of the said casing, and a spring catchfastened to the underside of the said flange and having a portionextending thereabove and a portion engaging the said leaf spring tonormally hold the same in obturating relation with the discharge throat.

t. In. an ammunition magazine a casing havdischarge throat, a peripheralflange eng the said discharge throat, a leaf spring one end secured tothe casing and with end positioned to obturate the discharge of the saidcasing, and a spring catch fastened to the underside of the said flangeand having a portion extending thereabove and a portion engaging thesaid leaf spring to normally hold the same in obturating relation withthe said discharge throat, said first mentioned portion of the catchadapted to engage with the breech of a gun to automatically release thesaid leaf spring when the said magazine is inserted within said breech.

CHARLES REX WISE.

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